MastodonThe Hunter

Label:

Reprise Records – 168617675-2

Format:

CD , Album

Country:

Europe

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Sludge Metal

Tracklist

1 Black Tongue 3:27
2 Curl Of The Burl 3:40
3 Blasteroid 2:36
4 Stargasm
Synth, KeyboardsRich Morris
4:40
5 Octopus Has No Friends 3:49
6 All The Heavy Lifting 4:31
7 The Hunter
Synth, KeyboardsWill Raines
5:18
8 Dry Bone Valley 4:00
9 Thickening 4:31
10 Creature Lives
Synth, KeyboardsDave Palmer
4:41
11 Spectrelight
Lyrics By [Additional], Vocals [Additional]Scott Kelly
Recorded ByDoug Hill
3:10
12 Bedazzled Fingernails
Synth, KeyboardsRich Morris
3:08
13 The Sparrow
Synth, KeyboardsWill Raines
5:31

Companies, etc.

  • Record CompanyWarner Music Group
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Reprise Records
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗WEA International Inc.
  • Copyright ©Reprise Records
  • Copyright ©WEA International Inc.
  • Licensed ToThe All Blacks B.V.
  • Copyright ©Trampled Under Hoof Music
  • Recorded AtSound City Studios
  • Recorded AtDoppler Studios
  • Recorded At60 Psycho Hum
  • Mixed AtSeismic Audio Lab
  • Mastered AtSterling Sound
  • Pressed ByCinram GmbH

Credits

  • Art Direction, DesignDonny Phillips
  • Artwork ["The Hunter" Sculpture]AJ Fosik
  • Booking [North America For]Pinnacle Entertainment
  • Booking [North America]Scott Sokol
  • Booking [Rest Of World]K2 Agency Ltd*
  • Coordinator [Project Coordinator]Nick Haussling
  • Creative DirectorNorman Wonderly
  • Engineer [Assistant]Alexander Eremin
  • IllustrationCasey Howard (3)
  • LegalDavid W. Prasse, P.C.*
  • ManagementNick John (2)
  • Management [Business Management For]Polay Financial Management
  • Management [Business Management]Robert Polay
  • Management [For]The Rick Sales Entertainment Group
  • Mastered ByTed Jensen
  • Mixed By [Mix Assisted By]Brent Arrowood
  • Music By, Lyrics ByMastodon
  • Performer [Mastodon Is], Bass, VocalsTroy Sanders
  • Performer [Mastodon Is], Drums, VocalsBrann Dailor
  • Performer [Mastodon Is], GuitarBill Kelliher
  • Performer [Mastodon Is], Lead Guitar, VocalsBrent Hinds
  • Photography By [Sculpture Photography]Alicia J. Rose
  • ProducerMike Elizondo
  • Promotion [Marketing]Xavier Ramos
  • Recorded By, Mixed ByAdam Hawkins

Notes

Released in standard jewel case with 8-page foldout booklet.
Made in the E.U.

Note on the catalogue numbers:
- RR7675-2 on spine, booklet and rear cover.
- RR 7675-2 and 168617675-2 on disc.
-1686-17675-2 on rear cover.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Text): 0 16861 76752 5
  • Label Code: LC00322
  • Rights Society: GEMA/BIEM
  • Rights Society: BMI
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 1 to 9): [Warner 'W' logo] 1686176755CD V01 MLY
  • Mastering SID Code (Variant 1 to 9): IFPI L017
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 05R1
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI 054T
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 3): IFPI 056S
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 4): IFPI 05L2
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 5): IFPI 059Z
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 6): IFPI 0575
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 7): IFPI 05R4
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 8): IFPI 05R3
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 9): IFPI 05M9

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The Hunter (CD, Album, DVD, DVD-Video, NTSC, 2×File, MP3, 320 kbps, All Media, Limited Edition) Reprise Records 528646-2 US 2011

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Reviews

  • RoomSounds's avatar
    RoomSounds
    And so, I continued my (short) trip following Mastodon’s discography between 2004’s “Leviathan” and 2014’s “Once More ‘Round The Sun”.

    I wasn’t really sure of what to expect after an album like “Crack The Skye”.
    It had been such a great surprise after me not being able to really connect with the band’s music for so long, that I was dreading it was a one-off.

    Enter 2011’s “The Hunter” and all my hopes were that the band would follow the previous album’s direction, with that prog edge that I enjoyed so much.

    It wasn’t the case.

    I will not say that “The Hunter” is a “simple” album (I don’t think any Mastodon album can ever qualify as such), but there’s clearly a songwriting complexity and sophistication drop between “Crack The Sky” and this one.

    It may have something to do with another change in the production role, as Mike Elizondo took Brendan O’Brien’s position for this one.

    Whatever the reason was, “The Hunter” feels like Mastodon’s most straightforward effort to date, with plenty of short songs (“Blasteroid” is just over the 2 and a half minute mark!) and, even though we all know that longer or more complex doesn’t mean better, it is true that the album fails to engage me as “Crack The Skye” did.

    Still, there is plenty here to be enjoyed if you’re in the mood for some dirty sonic attack (“Black Tongue”, “Curl Of The Burl”, “All The Heavy Lifting”, “Dry Bone Valley”, “Spectrelight”…) punctuated with Mastodon’s trademark spacey and psychedelic twists, with more atmospheric or “laid down” sounding pieces such as the title song or the closer “The Sparrow”, and solid combinations of all the above as in “Stargasm”.
    • saangel's avatar
      saangel
      My copy came without the hype sticker in front, and was bought sealed in .

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